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How Am I Being Perceived?
Attitude and Behaviour
Do you ever wonder what other people think of you or how am I being perceived? Being more self-aware can change the perceptions that other people have of you. In this post, we look at how to understand how you are being perceived.
Time Management – Managing Your Email Inbox
Time Management
Do you get swamped by emails and find yourself spending more time looking for things and working on things? In this post, we look at some tips for managing your email inbox.
How to Influence Your Manager
Influencing
Do you want your manager to do things a different way or to take on-board ideas that you have. If yes, then you will need to influence them to come around to your way of thinking. In this post we look at some tips for how to influence your manager.
Diagnosing Behaviour and How to Change It
Attitude and Behaviour, Influencing
Behaviour and attitude can be a difficult thing to understand, particularly when you are a leader who has team members displaying negative behaviour. In this post, we look at how to find out what is going on by diagnosing behaviour and how to correct it.
What is Experiential Learning?
Training and Development, Training Consultancy, Training Processes
[toc] What is Experiential Learning? Experiential Learning is the process of learning through a direct experience or simply put learning from experience. This means that learning is accomplished by staging certain scenarios or exercises that delegates get involved in and learn from this experience instead of listening to a trainer or lecturer talking about a ... Read more
Undercover Boss – The Lessons to Learn From the Series
Training and Development
Having just watched the last episode of the series of Undercover Boss, I think there are some key lessons that we can learn from each of the episodes. Here are my thoughts on the lessons from the series: Poor Communication Leads to Poor Performance – When a business grows it can be easy to lose ... Read more
10 Top Tips for Managing Time Effectively
Managing Yourself
We could all do with a little more time in our day. This post looks at 10 top tips for managing time effectively. We share tips like this in our time management training course. We hope you find these ones useful.
6 Tips for Influencing Effectively
Influencing
Influencing is about bringing someone around to your way of thinking. It's a powerful skill and can be used in a range of settings. In this post, we share 6 tips for influencing effectively.
Business and Leadership Lessons From the Apprentice – The Interviews
Lessons From the Apprentice
So this years series of the Apprentice is now over and the winner announced, and in order to get to the point we are now the candidates have been through the interview stage. In this stage the candidates are grilled by 4 business professionals who will scrutinise their CV’s and business plans, and in most ... Read more
Business and Leadership Lessons From the Apprentice – Fast Food
Lessons From the Apprentice
A short update this week on Business and Leadership Lessons From the Apprentice, simply because many of the mistakes and lessons are the same as previous episodes; however, there are some key lessons to draw from this weeks episode. This week the teams were tasked with putting together a fast food restaurant. They would be ... Read more
